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Episodes
- SOFIA and Hubble
(38mb)
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:50:00 +0500
Brief discussions about SOFIA and the upcoming Hubble servicing mission from the AAS meeting in Saint Louis. Cameos by Phil Plait (Bad Astronomy) and Mike Simonson (AAVSO). - Slacker Chat with Doug, Michael, Aaron and Travis (24mb)
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:30:00 +0500
We bring the old gang back together for a chit chat about Mars, Brian May, kinematic footprints, IYA and more. We had some technical problems so please ignore the occasional static, beeps or bad jokes. - Interview: Doug Baum on the BIPH (26mb)
Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:50:00 +0500
Doug and Michael interview Doug Baum who, along with his partner Russ Lederman, has developed the Binocular Photon Machine (BIPH), a device which amplifies incoming light 50,000 times, effectively tripling your telescope aperture. We talk about the device, how it works and the cool ways it can be used. - Interview: Ethan Vishniac (32mb)
Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:40:00 +0500
An interview with Dr. Ethan Vishniac who is the editor-in-chief of The Astrophyscial Journal and a professor of astronomy at McMaster University. - Interview: Science Cafes (15mb)
Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:00:00 +0500
An interview with Ben Wiehe of WGBH about science cafes. - Aaron Price on BZ UMa [FF] (32mb)
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:00:00 +0500
Aaron Price won a Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Award for this poster on the cataclysmic variable star BZ UMa. Aaron walks us through his poster and results. - Interview: Juan Collar and Detecting Dark Matter (30mb)
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:00:00 +0500
An interview with Juan Collar of the Kavli Institute on detecting dark matter in the laboratory. - The Goddess of the IYA [FF] (17mb)
Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:00:00 +0500
A short interview with Susana Deustua about the International Year of Astronomy, with a brief cameo by Mike Simonson of the AAVSO. - Interview: Rick Fienberg of Sky and Telescope [FF] (45mb)
Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:00:00 +0500
A short interview with Rick Fienberg of Sky and Telescope magazine. - Ice Cube (24mb)
Mon, 26 May 2008 22:00:00 +0500
Michael and Doug discuss the Ice Cube Neutrino Observatory, supernovae light echos and buying a star. - Light Pollution (18mb)
Sun, 11 May 2008 23:00:00 +0500
Julie Wilbert brings us a report on light pollution with members of the Minnesota Astronomical Society. - Whatever the hell is Slacker Astronomy (18mb)
Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0500
An interview with Aaron Price about the history of Slacker Astronomy plus ramblings by Michael. - Podcast interview with Brant Robertson (26mb)
Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0500
Doug and Michael chat with Brant Robertson, who is a Spitzer Fellow doing research at The Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics. Brant is a theoretical astrophysicist involved with computer simulations of the evolution of galaxies. - Slackerpedia Galactica 8.0: A Brief History of the Universe (18mb)
Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:55:00 +0500
A brief history of the universe according to modern cosmology. Also a brief discussion of asteroid 2007 WD5, which may hit Mars. - First Principles 4.0 - Inside Stars [FF] (28mb)
Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:45:00 +0500
Discussion on what stars are and how they work. - Interview: Timothy Ferris [FF] (35mb)
Sat, 15 Sep 2007 17:00:00 +0500
Astrotalk about news and events followed by an exclusive interview with author and film maker Timothy Ferris. - Video: DAO Visit [FF] (20mb)
Fri, 10 Aug 2007 01:00:00 +0500
A tour of the DAO Observatory in Victoria, BC, Canada. - SG Chit Chat #6 (22mb)
Fri, 25 May 2007 13:30:00 +0500
Opening skit, Astro news, another First Principles, discussions of astronomy tenure policies and the first of a new recurring segment: Kavli Cosmology Nugget, where cosmologists sit around a table with wine and cheese and talk shop. - Cosmology #8: Dr. Lucy Fortson on VERITAS and new forms of astro research (11mb)
Fri, 18 May 2007 13:30:00 +0500
Dr. Lucy Fortson is vice president for research at the Adler Planetarium and a member of the VERITAS gamma ray experiment. She talks about VERITAS, gamma rays, astronomy artifacts and new roles for the public in astronomy research practices. - Cosmology #7: The CMB Soap Opera w/Dr. Stephan Meyer (19mb)
Thu, 17 May 2007 13:30:00 +0500
Dr. Stephen Meyer has been a part of most of the major CMB discoveries in the past two decades. He takes us on a journey of all the experiments, their challenges and successes and then sets the stage for the next phase of CMB experiments. - Cosmology #6: Dark Energy w/Dr. Josh Frieman (20mb)
Wed, 16 May 2007 22:30:00 +0500
Dr. Josh Frieman discusses dark energy and alternative theories along with current and pending experiments to test it. - Cosmology #5: Dr. Michael Turner updates his famous 1998 paper: Cosmology Solved? (30mb)
Wed, 16 May 2007 15:30:00 +0500
Dr. Michael Turner updates his famous 1998 checklist of the seven major cosmological questions - Cosmology #4: Nobel Laureate Dr. Jim Cronin On Cosmic Rays (5mb)
Wed, 16 May 2007 01:30:00 +0500
Dr. Jim Cronin, winner of the 1980 Nobel Prize in physics, discusses cosmic rays and the Pierre Auger Observatory - Cosmology #3: The Big Bang and CMB w/Dr. Clem Pryke (14mb)
Tue, 15 May 2007 13:30:00 +0500
Dr. Clem Pryke discusses the Big Bang, the cosmic microwave background, and various properties of it currently being tested in an effort to test and answer open questions about the Big Bang. - Cosmology #2: Dark Matter w/Dr. Andrey Kravtsov (12mb)
Tue, 15 May 2007 12:30:00 +0500
Dr. Andrey Kravtsov gives a good description of the dark matter concept along with current understandings, challenges and active experiments underway to positively detect dark matter. - Cosmology #1: The South Pole Telescope and KICP w/Dr. John Carlstrom (7mb)
Mon, 14 May 2007 12:30:00 +0500
Our first interview from the Kavli Institute For Cosmological Physics. The Director, Dr. John Carlstrom, gives us an overview of the institute and the major equipment they are building and using. Throughout the week we will bring you many interviews, both audio and video, from the institute and about all things cosmology. - SG #5.0 (20mb)
Mon, 7 May 2007 12:30:00 +0500
It's baaaacckk. - First Principles 2: Mass and Stuff (also McNaught/Titan skits) (8mb)
Mon, 2 Apr 2007 11:30:00 +0500
The second in the First Principle series in which our heroes posit on mass, inertia and other stuff. Also, two skits with Travis and Rebekah about Comet McNaught and Titan. - First Principles 1.0: Astronomers (8mb)
Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:30:00 +0500
The first episode of a new segment called First Principles, in which we discuss the basics of what astronomers are and what they do. - Video: The Moon Is A Trip (9mb)
Sun, 4 Feb 2007 23:40:00 +0500
Fun with the Apollo Lunar Surface Journal - Second Life Astro Cafe Interviews Promo (2mb)
Sun, 28 Jan 2007 23:40:00 +0500
Join us Feb. 3 and Feb. 5 in Second Life for Slacker Astronomy Cafe Interviews with Dr. Stuart Lowe and Dr. Doug Welch. More on Second Life at slackerpedia.org. - Video: Hot Astronomers [OF] (21mb)
Thu, 18 Jan 2007 23:40:00 +0500
Tonya, Michael and Travis wander the halls in search of hot astronomers. Filmed at the 209th American Astronomical Society meeting in Seattle, WA. - Video: AAS Doug Interviews an Astronomy Visualizer [FF] (9mb)
Thu, 11 Jan 2007 23:40:00 +0500
Dr. Doug Welch interviews Dr. Travis Rector, a science visualizer with NOAO and Gemini observatories. - Video: AAS Poster Wanderings [FF] (12mb)
Wed, 10 Jan 2007 23:40:00 +0500
Mike and Aaron wander the posters on day two of the AAS meeting in Seattle - AAS: Day 3 Round Up and The Hot Chocolate Experiment [FF] (16mb)
Wed, 10 Jan 2007 12:00:00 +0500
Aaron, Doug, Michael, Travis and a friend Anthony talk about day 3 of the American Astronomical Society meeting and perform an experiment with hot chocolate from room service. Craziness ensues. - AAS Interview With Pamela Gay [FF] (9mb)
Tue, 9 Jan 2007 23:00:00 +0500
Interview with Dr. Pamela Gay at the 209th meeting of the American Astronomical Society - AAS Recap Days 1-2 [OF] (13mb)
Tue, 9 Jan 2007 10:00:00 +0500
A recap of the first two days of the American Astronomical Society meeting. Ryan Wyatt (Science Visualization blog) joins us as a guest. Meeting blog at slackerastronomy.org. - Video: Neil deGrasse Tyson [FF] (26mb)
Mon, 8 Jan 2007 18:00:00 +0500
A quick interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson at AAS - Dirty Rotten Astronomers [JF] (1mb)
Sat, 06 Jan 2007 23:45:00 +0500
Michael and Travis skip out to Bermuda and report on the Space Technology 6 program from NASA. - Video: AAS Meeting Nonsense [FF] (24mb)
Sun, 7 Jan 2007 00:05:00 +0500
Some dumb questions asked of smart people at the AAS meeting in Seattle. - Video: Optical SETI at Oak Ridge Observatory [FF] (21mb)
Wed, 3 Jan 2007 00:05:00 +0500
A tour of the Harvard University Oak Ridge Observatory and the Optical SETI telescope there - Video: Are there extra-terrestrials? [FF] (6mb)
Wed, 13 Dec 2006 23:45:00 +0500
3 Questions. Second question: Are there extra-terrestrials? - SG 4.0: The Astronomer Who Cried Wolf [FF] (32mb)
Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:45:00 +0500
In this show we cover stories of astronomical predictions: the good, bad and why it's easier to be the former than the latter. We also have an interview with Ryan Wyatt, a science visualizer at the American Museum of Natural History who talks about what goes on behind the scenes to turn those faint fuzzies into pretty pictures and gives us a report from a recent astro-visualization conference. And of course the news, mail and more. - Video: The Story of V838 Mon - [FF] (51mb)
Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:45:00 +0500
Rebekah and Travis tell the story of V838 Mon, a planet eater or just a really weird star? - Video: Should Pluto be a planet? [FF] (18mb)
Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:45:00 +0500
3 Questions. First question: Should Pluto be a planet? - Video: Behind The Scenes [FF] (9mb)
Thu, 2 Nov 2006 10:40:00 +0500
Michael is visited by Timothy Ferris and a video crew to shoot a scene for an upcoming PBS show about amateur astronomers. - SG #3.0: Planet eating monsters, light echos, unicorns and more...[FF] (24mb)
Wed, 1 Nov 2006 10:40:00 +0500
Rebekah is back and we have two old-school skits, Doug joins us from Gemini South observatory in Chile and we cover lots of news and gossip in the world of astrology, oops, I mean, astronomy. - SG Interview: Doug Welch on MACHO [FF] (6mb)
Wed, 04 Oct 2006 10:40:00 +0500
MACHO, and its sequel, SuperMACHO, are projects that have directly detected dark matter. Dr. Doug Welch is one of the researchers involved with the MACHO project. In this podcast interview with Michael Koppelman, Doug talks about all things MACHO. - Lite Brite Supernovae Video [FF] (28mb)
Mon, 18 Sep 2006 01:02:00 +0500
For our first video podcast, we take 5 pounds of Lite Brite pegs and use them to illustrate the process of supernovae explosions. - Slackerpedia Galactica #1.0 [FF] (23mb)
Thu, 14 Sep 2006 01:02:00 +0500
The first edition of the new show. Future shows will be posted on this same feed. Info at www.slackerastronomy.org. - The End of a Planet and the End of a Podcast [FF] (7mb)
Thu, 14 Sep 2006 01:00:00 +0500
Pluto musings, then the bomb. - Carbon Monoxide with Purpose (4mb)
Mon, 28 Aug 2006 01:00:00 +0500
There are two good places to have CO detectors: In your house and on your radio telescope. We talk about one good place to find CO, and it's not in your basement. - My Fair Plutonian Menance [FF] (2mb)
Wed, 16 Aug 2006 01:00:00 +0500
The things Pluto must do to remain in the brotherhood of planets would make even Luke remble with fear. - Sometimes Too Much Light Can Be A Bad Thing [FF] (4mb)
Wed, 2 Aug 2006 01:00:00 +0500
In the 90's, astronomers had a chance to see an object usually obsructed by glare. That window of opportunity has just now closed so the results of the research are now starting to come out.. - Great Balls of Fire (4mb)
Mon, 31 Jul 2006 01:00:00 +0500
A great ball of gas, greater in size than the distance between us and the Andromeda galaxy(!), has been spyed plunging into the distance Abell 3266 galaxy cluster. Why? Well why not? If you were a bored bit of gas living out your days in the suburbs of such a great galactic metropolis, wouldn't you too want to take a plunge, and go live in the center of things for a while? - Ring Around the Planet [FF] (3mb)
Tue, 18 Jul 2006 01:00:00 +0500
Grab a partner, doe-se-doe. Watch the moons dance and roll... - Finder's Keeper's [OF] (3mb)
Tue, 11 Jul 2006 01:00:00 +0500
Lookee what we found... - Dusty Supernovae[FF] (3mb)
Wed, 5 Jul 2006 01:00:00 +0500
Astronomers prove you wouldn't have dustballs without supernovae. - Weird Physics[FF] (4mb)
Thu, 22 Jun 2006 01:00:00 +0500
Weird hard math sometimes is and sometimes isn't weird good science. - Bigger Than the Motor Car [OF] (3mb)
Wed, 7 Jun 2006 23:00:00 +0500
Pictures of big things from the earliest days of the Universe - Running Backwards while Moving Forward [OF] (3mb)
Thu, 1 Jun 2006 23:00:00 +0500
Slowing light, and even making time run backwards, does nothing to help Pamela get more hours into a day. - Even Space Telescopes Need a Union [OF] (3mb)
Mon, 15 May 2006 23:00:00 +0500
All work and no play makes an infrared space telescope a dull - but efficient, boy. - One Less Thing To Worry About [OF] (4mb)
Tue, 9 May 2006 23:00:00 +0500
GRBs don't kill people. Paranoia kills people. - Digging In the Dirt [FF] (4mb)
Wed, 26 Apr 2006 23:00:00 +0500
To learn of the Sun, we must look to the Moon. Or, more accurately, the dirty footprints we left behind. - Sterile Neutrinos, Enough Said [JF] (4mb)
Wed, 5 Apr 2006 23:00:00 +0500
Sterile neutrinos are on a quest to solve all life's mysteries without interacting. - The Breakfast of Enceladians [JF] (3mb)
Wed, 5 Apr 2006 23:00:00 +0500
Slush Puppies are what's for breakfast on Saturn's Moon Enceladus - Light Brite [FF] (13mb)
Tue, 28 Mar 2006 23:00:00 +0500
Lights, lights, lights everywhere and not a star to see. Just how many stars can you see in your area? - WMAP's Anistropy Trophy [FF] (3mb)
Tue, 21 Mar 2006 23:00:00 +0500
The show is now one year old, but the rest of us are 13.7 billion years old. Break out the Geritol. - Pop and Glow [JF] (3mb)
Tue, 14 Mar 2006 23:00:00 +0500
Occationally people go bump in the night, and occationally things flare in Gamma Rays. Did you go bump when GRB060218 went flare? - Just Blame It On The Termites And Be Done With It [JF] (3mb)
Wed, 08 Mar 2006 23:00:00 +0500
Somewhere on Titan, in a sleepy, empty home, an oven door is ajar. - As Simple As That [FF] (4mb)
Tue, 28 Feb 2006 23:00:00 +0500
The recurrent nova RS Ophiuci erupts for the first time in 21 years and illustrates the impermanence of existence - or just looks neato - Dirty Rotten Snow Balls [FF] (4mb)
Wed, 15 Feb 2006 23:00:00 +0500
Don't know what to do with your snow? Toss it in a Lagrange Point! - A Star, By Any Other Name... [OF] (3mb)
Tue, 7 Feb 2006 23:00:00 +0500
This Valentines Day pity the poor, lonely stars - The Bubba Gump Galaxy Co. [FF] (2mb)
Tue, 24 Jan 2006 01:00:00 +0500
Life is like a box of onions... - Gamma-Ray Candles [FF] (4mb)
Mon, 16 Jan 2006 01:00:00 +0500
Brad Schaeffer demonstrates that Gamma-Ray Bursts can be used to measure the Cosmological Variable. - Supernova Echo and The Zwickymen [OF] (2mb)
Mon, 9 Jan 2006 01:00:00 +0500
Light echoes from supernovae centuries old are discovered by SuperMacho-Macho-Man. - Are You Ready For Some Astronomy? [FF] (3mb)
Tue, 3 Jan 2006 01:00:00 +0500
Monday Night Football is no longer. Fret not fellow couch potatoes! We have Monday Night Astronomy and a story about low energy aurorae. - An Astronomer's T'was the Day Before Christmas [FF] (1mb)
Thu, 22 Dec 2005 01:00:00 +0500
Our holiday treat for our listeners - Titantic News On Titan [FF] (3mb)
Fri, 16 Dec 2005 01:00:00 +0500
Science results from the Huygens Atmospheric Probe from all over - Stellar Skeletons [FF] (3mb)
Wed, 07 Dec 2005 01:00:00 +0500
The Crab Nebula, SN 1970g, and Universal Expansion provide explosive science - Saturn As a Litter Box [FF] (2mb)
Wed, 30 Nov 2005 01:00:00 +0500
Cassini and Mira team up to find wakes that look like Ridges in Saturn's Rings - Andromeda Has Never Been So Hot [FF] (2mb)
Wed, 16 Nov 2005 01:00:00 +0500
Andromeda Has Never Been So Hot [FF] - infrared discoveries from the Andromeda galaxy - Eta Boy Eta Car [FF] (2mb)
Tue, 8 Nov 2005 01:00:00 +0500
Eta Boy Eta Carinae [FF] - Pop goes the Neutron [FF] (2mb)
Tue, 25 Oct 2005 01:00:00 +0500
Pop goes the Neutron (neutron star that is) [FF] - Visiting an Old Friend For the First Time [JF] (3mb)
Wed, 19 Oct 2005 01:00:00 +0500
Visiting an Old Friend For the First Time [JF] - Carrying the 1's Along Gravitational Highways [OF] (2mb)
Tue, 4 Oct 2005 01:00:00 +0500
Carrying the 1's Along Gravitational Highways [OF] - Black Hole Roundup [FF] (2mb)
Mon, 26 Sep 2005 01:00:00 +0500
Black Hole Roundup [FF] - Deep Impact Isn't A Porno [OF] (2mb)
Tue, 20 Sep 2005 01:00:00 +0500
Deep Impact Isn't A Porno [OF] - Downsizing Galaxies (2mb)
Wed, 14 Sep 2005 01:00:00 +0500
Downsizing Galaxies - Propeller Population of the Universe (2mb)
Wed, 7 Sep 2005 01:00:00 +0500
Propeller Population of the Universe - Donate to New Orleans Astronomy Clubs (1mb)
Tue, 6 Sep 2005 21:00:00 +0500
Donate to New Orleans Astronomy Clubs - Viscious Little Dots (2mb)
Thu, 1 Sep 2005 21:00:00 +0500
Micro Blazars A Go Go - Remapping small town NGC 300 (3mb)
Wed, 24 Aug 2005 21:00:00 +0500
NGC 300's position is recalculated and its urban sprawl is remapped. - Tiny Specks of Fun (3mb)
Sun, 21 Aug 2005 21:00:00 +0500
Meteor Showers Aren't - To Be Or Not To Be A Planet (3mb)
Mon, 8 Aug 2005 21:00:00 +0500
We break down the 10th planet - Neutrons play Hide and Quake (3mb)
Mon, 25 Jul 2005 21:00:00 +0500
Neutrons play Hide and Quake - Sharin' Charon (2mb)
Mon, 25 Jul 2005 21:00:00 +0500
Sharin' Charon (Show #19) - Pluto and its Moon Charon - Breaking The Superwind (2mb)
Tue, 19 Jul 2005 21:00:00 +0500
Breaking the Superwind (Show #18) - Dreaming of a Scary Universe (2mb)
Wed, 13 Jul 2005 21:00:00 +0500
Show #17: Dreaming of a Scary Universe - When Asteroids Attack (2mb)
Tue, 28 Jun 2005 21:00:00 +0500
Show #15: When Asteroids Attack - Dunkin' Quasars (2mb)
Tue, 21 Jun 2005 21:00:00 +0500
Show #14: Dunkin' Quasars - The End of the Beginning (3mb)
Wed, 15 Jun 2005 21:00:00 +0500
Show #13: The End of the Beginning - Orion Poisons its Young (2mb)
Mon, 06 Jun 2005 01:00:00 +0500
Show #12: Orion Poisons its Young - Blame Canada for Extrasolar Planets (2mb)
Tue, 31 May 2005 01:00:00 +0500
Show #11: Blame Canada for Extrasolar Planets - Magic 8 Ball vs. Mira (3mb)
Wed, 25 May 2005 01:00:00 +0500
Show #10: Magic 8 Ball vs. Mira - The Martian Drinking Game (5mb)
Mon, 16 May 2005 01:00:00 +0500
Show #9: The Martian Drinking Game - Stellar Elders lack Metal (5mb)
Mon, 02 May 2005 01:00:00 +0500
Show #8: Stellar Elders Lack Metal - Do Minor Planets Get Carded? (5mb)
Mon, 25 Apr 2005 01:00:00 +0500
Show #7: Do Minor Planets Get Carded? - Death of a Disco Star (5mb)
Mon, 18 Apr 2005 01:00:00 +0500
Show #6: Death of a Disco Star - The Big Bad Astronomer (7mb)
Mon, 4 Apr 2005 01:00:00 +0500
Show #5: The Big Bad Astronomer capsule interview, full interview on the SA Extra Feed - Going Boom (5mb)
Mon, 4 Apr 2005 01:00:00 +0500
Show #4: Going Boom - Gone With the Wind (5mb)
Tue, 29 Mar 2005 01:00:00 +0500
Show #2: Gone With the Wind - Black Hole In the Corner Pocket (4mb)
Mon, 14 Mar 2005 01:00:00 +0500
Show #1: Black Hole In the Corner Pocket - Galaxies in Gangs Wear Red (6mb)
Thu, 3 Mar 2005 01:00:00 +0500
Show #-1: Galaxies in Gangs Wear Red - Fancy Names For Shiny Lights (4mb)
Wed, 16 Feb 2005 01:00:00 +0500
Show #-2: Fancy Names For Shiny Lights - Your Attention Requested (7mb)
Mon, 21 Feb 2005 01:00:00 +0500
Show #-3: Your Attention Requested - Dark Matter, the Other White Meat (4mb)
Mon, 14 Feb 2005 01:00:00 +0500
Show #-4: Dark Matter, the Other White Meat - Saturn's Hot Spot (4mb)
Mon, 14 Feb 2005 01:00:00 +0500
Show #-5: Saturn's Hot Spot
